WSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 607 PACIFIC AVENUE BREMERTON, WA 98337 December 8, 2006 VIA EDGAR & FACSIMILE Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Mr. Jonathan E. Gottlieb RE: WSB Financial Group, Inc. Request for Acceleration of Effective Date Registration No. 33-137038 - Form S-1, as amended Dear Mr. Gottlieb: WSB Financial Group, Inc. hereby requests that the effective date of its registration statement on Form S-1 be accelerated to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, or as soon as possible thereafter, pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company hereby acknowledges at the time of this request, that: - should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; - the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and - the Company may not assert this action as defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. If you have any questions, please contact our counsel, Thomas A. Sterken of Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Their telephone number is (206) 623-1900 and their fax number is (206) 623-3384. Sincerely, WSB FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ David K. Johnson --------------------------------------- David K. Johnson President and Chief Executive Officer